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Another grad student in the department here turns out to have a thing for carnivorous and bog plants. He gave me 3 species of Drosera and 2 species of Utricularia.
The grad student in an office next to mine also studies ricecut grass and gave me a small plant with clay and sand substrate.
The first two pictures are at initial planting two weeks ago. (18.09.08)
Its a 2 gallon hex tank, these seem pretty common and are my nano of choice. However I didn't have a light hood for it so I have a 100 watt equivalent CFL in a desk lamp hanging over it. Filtration is done with a modified Hagen Elite Mini - the coarse sponge is removed and replaced with a section of medium blue sponge and a section of high density open cell upholstery urethane sponge.
Substrate as you can tell is a local clay topped with washed playsand. I'm simply repeating what I did in my other 2 gallon hex that is housing two other Drosera species (those guys are doing fine btw).
In the two weeks one Drosera species seems to have died. I don't expect it to make a comeback.
One species is doing poorly, the old leaves melted off but it has begun to send out new leaves.
The last species is doing better, sending out new leaves without losing the old ones yet.
The ricecut grass doesn't seem to notice that its flooded. It grew out of the container and I just cut it down again to keep it fully submersed.
The utrics are doing well too. One species, the one with smaller leaves, seemed to have terrestrial leaf die off but its now growing with runners in the substrate. The leaves are -tiny-, only a few mm large. Its easy for the runners to be disturbed. two strands are attempting to float upwards because they were unburied in the pics.
The other species has actually had its leaves get larger. You can also see that its been growing with runners under the substrate as well.
I need to get a plastic divider to prevent the Utrics from growing into each other.
I'll be back later with the scientific names and to answer questions.
The Victims:
Initial Setup:
Two Weeks:
The grad student in an office next to mine also studies ricecut grass and gave me a small plant with clay and sand substrate.
The first two pictures are at initial planting two weeks ago. (18.09.08)
Its a 2 gallon hex tank, these seem pretty common and are my nano of choice. However I didn't have a light hood for it so I have a 100 watt equivalent CFL in a desk lamp hanging over it. Filtration is done with a modified Hagen Elite Mini - the coarse sponge is removed and replaced with a section of medium blue sponge and a section of high density open cell upholstery urethane sponge.
Substrate as you can tell is a local clay topped with washed playsand. I'm simply repeating what I did in my other 2 gallon hex that is housing two other Drosera species (those guys are doing fine btw).
In the two weeks one Drosera species seems to have died. I don't expect it to make a comeback.
One species is doing poorly, the old leaves melted off but it has begun to send out new leaves.
The last species is doing better, sending out new leaves without losing the old ones yet.
The ricecut grass doesn't seem to notice that its flooded. It grew out of the container and I just cut it down again to keep it fully submersed.
The utrics are doing well too. One species, the one with smaller leaves, seemed to have terrestrial leaf die off but its now growing with runners in the substrate. The leaves are -tiny-, only a few mm large. Its easy for the runners to be disturbed. two strands are attempting to float upwards because they were unburied in the pics.
The other species has actually had its leaves get larger. You can also see that its been growing with runners under the substrate as well.
I need to get a plastic divider to prevent the Utrics from growing into each other.
I'll be back later with the scientific names and to answer questions.
The Victims:
Initial Setup:
Two Weeks: